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• Marcel Louis Bart Collombon, Beuningen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Theodora Joseph Peter Leonie (Dorianne) Chorus, Steyl,5935,Venlo,Limburg,Nederland
• Simone Corine de Bruijn, Zoetermeer
• Hessel Marinus Johannes Magielse, Roosendaal

• Adriaan van Helvoort (81), Vlijmen
• Albert Octaaf DECEUNINCK (55), Roeselare
• Camiel van Hauten (74), Clinge,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Berendina van Campen (89)
• * Grietje Slob (86), Bilthoven
• Bernardus Stabel (61), Breda
• Antonius Johannes Hurkmans (77), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Antonius Reijs (87), Eindhoven
• Catharina Jakoba Goedkoop (75)
• Augusta Gerardina Maria van Winkel (77), Budel

• 1972 » Corinne Niogret, French biathlete
• 1972 » Ed Benes, Brazilian comic book artist
• 1972 » Jérôme Alonzo, French footballer
• 1972 » Johan Åkerman, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1972 » Paulo Figueiredo, Angolan footballer
• 1972 » Skander Souayah, Tunisian footballer
• 1973 » Angelica Bridges, American actress and singer
• 1973 » Fabio Galante, Italian footballer
• 1973 » Masaya Honda, Japanese footballer
• 1973 » Neil Hodgson, English motorcycle racer and sportscaster

• 1972 » Ennio Flaiano, Italian writer and journalist (b. 1910)
• 1973 » Allan Sherman, American actor, comedian, and producer (b. 1924)
• 1975 » Francisco Franco, Spanish Fascist dictator (b. 1892)
• 1976 » Trofim Lysenko, Ukrainian-Russian biologist and agronomist (b. 1898)
• 1978 » Giorgio de Chirico, Greek-Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1888)
• 1978 » Vasilisk Gnedov, Russian soldier and poet (b. 1890)
• 1980 » John McEwen, Australian lawyer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Marcel Dalio, French actor and playwright (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Richard Loo, Chinese-American actor (b. 1903)
• 1984 » Carlo Campanini, Italian actor, singer and comedian (b. 1904)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Jeroen
4. Peter
5. Robert
6. Marcel
7. Marco
8. Michael
9. Mark
10. Richard
11. Patrick
12. Cornelis
13. Hendrik
14. David
15. Dennis
16. Pieter

1. Sandra
2. Bianca
3. Maria
4. Johanna
5. Miranda
6. Monique
7. Wendy
8. Esther
9. Ingrid
10. Anna
11. Jennifer
12. Natasja
13. Saskia
14. Patricia
15. Karin
16. Nicole

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
• April 6 » The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.
• April 28 » The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, recorded in Abbey Road Studios goes to number one on the US Billboard chart, beginning a record-breaking 741-week chart run.
• June 9 » In horse racing, Secretariat wins the U.S. Triple Crown.
• September 18 » The Bahamas, East Germany and West Germany are admitted to the United Nations.
• October 14 » In the Thammasat student uprising, over 100,000 people protest in Thailand against the military government. Seventy-seven are killed and 857 are injured by soldiers.
• November 17 » The Athens Polytechnic uprising against the military regime ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital.

The temperature on November 20, 1973 was between 1.0 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.